LBJ biographer to speak at Rice

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– May 2, 2002Posted in: Current News

LBJ
biographer to speak at Rice
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BY B.J. ALMOND
Rice News Staff

Robert Caro,
biographer of former President Lyndon Baines Johnson, will
discuss his new book, “Master of the Senate,”
at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at
6 p.m. May 9.

Caro chronicles LBJ’s U.S. Senate years (1949-1960)
in his book, which is the third volume of Caro’s ongoing
biography of the 36th president of the United States, who
took office in 1963 after President John F. Kennedy was
assassinated. Caro has received the Pulitzer Prize in Biography,
the Francis Parkman Prize by the Society of American Historians
and the National Book Critics Circle Award (twice).

His lecture will conclude with a book signing at 7 p.m.

Students, faculty and staff should R.S.V.P. to <BIPP@rice.edu>
or call (713) 348-5794 no later than May 6 to reserve a
place at this event. “Master of the Senate” will
be available for purchase at the event.

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